Northumberland County and the Town of Cobourg are working on provisions for the emergency shelter including 24/7 onsite security and it will not have a safe injection site.
Work on a new homeless shelter in Cobourg 's downtown appears to finally be making progress. Northumberland County says it's getting closer to an agreement with the town to allow the shelter's operations. As Robert Lothian reports, it comes after a lengthy process that's had more than a few bumps along the way.
“From the beginning of this undertaking, the goal has been to embed community input into decision-making processes about this transition, to support positive integration of shelter services within the neighbourhood and the broader community,” said County Warden Brian Ostrander. “We heard that this step was important to the community, and both Transition House and the County sought to honour this feedback.
Rebccaa Carman, the county’s housing and homelessness associate director, said an operating agreement framework with Transition House will ensure it will be the shelter’s service provider.
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